Training wheels

The bracket is meant to be adjustable to accommodate different heights and angles of the training wheels, allowing for customization based on the rider's needs, but this is difficult to achieve in practice.

[7] The concept of training wheels can refer figuratively in English to any artificial support for a machine, especially in software development.

Adjusting training wheels correctly, and raising them higher as the child's skill increases, helps to mitigate but does not completely eliminate these problems.

[14] Returning to the bicycle's origin in the dandy horse, balance bikes rapidly gained favour in cycling pedagogy after their introduction in 1997.

Learning to ride with a balance bike delivers greater long-term benefits for young riders than training wheels.